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Okay, he said please How dangerous could he be? Conceding, I stepped across the threshold and said, "I er"

"So you can use it onthe door "So you can sink it intoarea It was very plush with lots of beiges highlighted with a soft Mediterranean green

It was hard to iine he actually owned this house While I realized he only looked nineteen, he still looked nineteen He still looked like a kid who should be flipping burgers at Macho Taco--or, well, burritos--when in truth, he was thousands of years old

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"Whatat him "What if I proback chair across fro it on the bottom of a beautiful iron coffee table

"I would offer you so to drink--"

"I would just decline it" I sank onto the sofa

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"Like yours? Is it dangerous in your hands?"

He didn’t answer Instead, he studied leam in his eyes, and it reminded , no doubt, but he also had aThe other de like him For starters, he didn’t have slick black scales or razor-sharp teeth